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Southeast of Columbus, the U.S. Forest Service closed campgrounds
and certain trails yesterday in the Wayne National Forest until further notice.

Trails for all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles and horseback riders are closed, as are campgrounds
at Lake Vesuvius Recreation Area near Ironton and Leith Run Recreation Area near Marietta, said
spokesman Gary Chauncey.

Parts of Wayne National Forest remain open to hunting, and all hiking trails remain open,
Chauncey said.

Rangers and a limited number of firefighters remain on duty in the forest, but other employees
are heading home as part of “an orderly shutdown,” he said.

The Wayne National Forest covers more than a quarter-million acres across parts of southeastern
Ohio.